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Nothing that a translation app on your phone can't fix.
I rarely talk to the cashier when I go shopping, so I highly doubt they'd turn up their nose at my money just because I'm incapable of making smalltalk.
You sound like someone who never went outside of their home country.
I've been to several countries.
Translation apps are not perfect, but they can get you by in a pinch.
This is very true, but imagine living 'in a pinch' for months/years before you get a grasp on the language.
They say that immersion is one of the best ways to pick up a new language.
If it was everywhere all of the time, and you took advantage of things like community language learning events and language learning apps, you could become fluent in a matter of months.
After all, most people only need like a thousand to two thousand words to get by, So yeah, well, you may not be languidly discussing Proust during a bachanal with your neighbors by the end of the season, you should be able to identify stores and food items and discuss the weather and minor events.